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STATE HI87C3ICA! Z2:iZ7': CCLUi!3IA, k3. 12 Pages FRANK Ml COUMTY J kByil THE MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN FRANKLIN COUNTY Established in the year 1865 UNION. FRANKLIN COUNTY. MISSOURI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1958 10 XENTS VOLUME 92-No. 32 $1,345 stolen from St. Claii high school vault Sunday The fourth break-in and burglary in the county in nine days at the St. Clair High School brought $1.34588 illegally into the hands of some unknown thieves. The total represents $365 of the Folk Festival receipts, $777.28 advanced by students for the purchase of senior rings and for other expenses, and $203.60 of the student activity fund. Following the Folk Festival performance of Saturday night, 35 to 40 men of the Parent-Teacher Association went to the school building Sunday to clean it in preparation for classes on Monday. They discovered a section of the plate glass from the hall into the principal's office cut out and one haydit block of the wall to the vault knockad out. They also found empty jars and a cashbox containing 12 cents in the cast corridor of the building. Stolen were cash and checks. The principal, Francis M. Huss, had made sizeable deposits of Folk Festival receipts Friday and Saturday nights at the night depository of the Farmers and Merchants Bank. Huss notified the sheriff's office which sent Deputy Sheriff Van House to the scene. Sgt. G. II. Amos of the State Patrol also investigated the jobbery. Authorities believe that the burglars hid in the building after the show Saturday night. They aren't positive but they do know there are no signs of forced entry. The scattering of empty jars in the corridor probably meant that the thieves stopped there to count the money and divide it. Officers do not believe the same burglars were responsible for the R-10 School, Frirk's Market and Circle Bar break-ins which occurred between SeptemlxT 27 and October 1. 6 new homes begun in Sept. Danz starts trailer park Building permits for six new residences were issued in Union during September and on October 2, Thomas J. Dan received a permit to construct facilities for a trailer park on Flat Creek between Washington ami Christina. The six house and one garage construction permits in September made it one of the year's busiest months. Charted below are th permits for last month by dale. Sept. 9 Residence by John G. Freise in Hall Bros. Sub-Division. Frame. , Sept. 10 Frame residence by E. S. Palmer in Hall Bros.Sub-Division. Sept. 13 Brick, residence in Creslview Sub-Division by Urban Freise. Spt. 19 Frame residence by Clarence J. Wuellner in Clark's Sub-Division and frame house in Carmo Addition by Omer Freise. Sept. 22 Frame garage in Crowe's Addition by Nelson Field. Sept. 26-Fiamc residence in Creslview 'Sub-Division by Paul Kottmeyer. Work bgan last week on the Vailer'park facility. It will be ( frame and asphalt siding building for laundry. and toilet facilities. Two other building permits issued to date in October are for a frame garage in Cuno's Addition by James O. Case and a frame residence in Creslview byKotl-ineyer. Methodists set October 19 for Laymen's Day Laymen's Day will be observed on Sunday, October 19, at the Union Methodist Church. Men of the conirrei!ation will conduct all parts of the morning worship. Assisting will be men of the Cedar drove Methodist Church. Morning worship will begin at 10 45 a m. Pershing Muench promoted to major in reserves Pershing Muench of Washington has been promoted to the rank of major in the U.S. Army Reserve Corps. Major Muench, son of Mr. and Mrs Eli Muench of Unton, is commanding officer of the 454th AAA Battalion at St. Ixniis. , State considering road to Pea Ridge delegation told A group of Franklin County residents, conferring in Jefferson City with the chief engineer of the State Highway Commission, was told that engineers are already studying a new road from St. Clair to the Pea Ridge mining area and a bridge over the Mcramec River. Rex Whitton, the engineer, told the delegation that the state had looked at Highway K and its sub-par bridge and another road to1 the west. He expressed the idea of returning Highway K to county maintenance and making the more western road a state route and erecting a new bridge over the river. Ren Jackson of St. Clair headed the group going to Jefferson City Wednesday. Others there were A C. Schrocder and II P. Jennings of Union. Kdgar Warner of St Clair and two Washington men The engineer was given a petition with 1.600 names signed in favor of the new road to the mining area. Other towns which had asked for new highways to the Pea Ridge area were Sullivan and DeSoto, Whitton said. Pontiac is No. 3 to show new car No. 3 of the 1959 cars to make its appearance in Union is the Pontiac for which the official announcement day is Thursday, today.Pontiac features "wide-track wheels" on its new model. Other points for promotion are vista-lounge ' interiors and air-cooled true-contour brakes. There are two engines. Tempest 420 Vl and Tern pest 420E. The three series of Pontiacs are Bonneville, Star Chief and Catalina. Ponliaes arc at Danz Motor JThe new 1959 Chevrolet trucks also appeared this week at Quality Chevrolet Co. Yet to be shown in Union are Ford for '59 andChevrolet. (m-M Wt State 4-H honors come to local girls Two of the top three individuals in the food preservation judging contests at the State 4-H Contest Day in Columbia last Saturday were Franklin County 4-H girls. They were Carlene Minks (left) of the Indian Prairie Club who placed second and Shirley Metcalf (right), the high individual who also belongs to the Indian Prairie 4-H. Sharon Wendleton of Boonville (center) placed third- It's quite a distinction for one 4-H club to have the No. 1 and No. 2 entries in a state contest in one year. 0 SF'I 0 U Ground broken for Zion E&R new church building This was the scene at the ground breaking ceremony last iundav mornine for the new Zion E&R Church. Usinu the shnvpl is Rv John Stevesand, pastor. Standing at the left is Gilbert Kroeter, member of the church council and treasurer of the building fund. To the rear visible between the two men is Herbert Ahmann, president of the church. At the rear right are Mrs. Edward Bauche, Jr., president of the King's Daughters; Mrs. E- A. Stierbergi r. president of the Senior Guild; Carol Kohring. Youth Fellowship representative; and Walter Kohring, senior choir leader. Hidden from view are Rev. Albert Gaebe, former pastor; Edward Bauche, Jr., chairman of the steering committee; and Charles Young, a charter member of the church. (Dickey's Studio, Union) Scouts to deliver emergency books Bourbeuse District Hoy Scouts and leaders have made plans to distribute thousands, of copies of the new civil defense booklet, ;HandbtMik for Emergencies," this Saturday. The date. October 11. is the final day of Fire Prevention Week and also Civil Defense Day. All residents can expect Boy Scouts and Explorers to knock on their doors this Saturday to leave a copy of the valuable handbook. It will be a highlight of the BSA National Safety Good Turn project. 300 attend PTA dinner for faculty m The basket dinner and program to honor the school board members and faculty of Union School District IM1 Monday night at Memorial Auditorium was attended by over 300 people. It was the October meeting of the Union PTA. Entertainment by the high school mixed chorus, directed by Howard Meidbrink, followed the dinner. The membership chairman. Mrs. Harvey Strothinann, reported the total for the 1958-59 school term af 585 Winning school rooms in the competition were Mrs. Norma Sisson's. Mrs. Dorothy Barnard's and Mrs Onea Seaton's rooms who received S3 each. Individual winners who received SI each are listed below for 'he grades, kindergarten .through iixth: Ann Gerre Lakebrink. kindergarten; Denny Buchanan, first? Patricia Schuent ineyer. Linda Koelling and Sharon Strothmann. .eeond; Bobby Peters, third; Mar-uaret Dittman, fourth; Kenneth Kramme, fifth; and I'am Williams, sixth. Mrs. Clarence Kohring announced committees for the Talent Show-Fun Xight which will be given at the high school auditorium on Saturday. November 8. At the next regular meeting on Monday, November 3. at the grade school, American Education Week will be observed. An open house will follow the talk by the Bookmobile librarian, Haymon Trisdale. A film, "Carpet Under Every Classroom," will also be shown. The Weeks Weather Low of 27; high of 86 The temperature range foi the week not one day was from an unseasonable low of 27 on October 2 to a nice warm 86 degrees Monday. Only a trace of rain fell during the week. That was Tuesday morning. Day Lew High Prwcip. Wednesday 29 63 Thursday 27 67 Friday .'. 29.5 70 Saturday 34 73 Sunday .. 46 75 Monday 43.5 86 Tuesday 58 81 tr. First fire here since March as Prevention Week starts On the eve of Fire Prevention Week, observed in Union by the Union Volunteer Fire Department and nine insurance agencies, Union had three fire alarms. The fire call to the small resi dence of Ottoway Seay at 10:30 a.m. Satufday was the first fire in Union since March 21 and the first alarm for the Union firemen since July 4. The small bouse on south Linde was . completely destroyed. The cause of the blaze remains un known. A second alarm Saturday after noon proved a false one. Virgil tlolt was burning some dead grass on Highway 50 west of Union near Ihe railroad overpass. Someone else turned in a fire alarm but Mr. ilolt wanted to continue the f,re under control. The strong wind Sunday caused the burning waste paper at the city dump east of town to get nit of control. The three fire calls brought to 18 the number for Union firemen i this year, which is about one third-of the normal '"business" for t!u-volunteers, Chief Cyrus K Murray' said Wednesday. The last fin fu Union before Saturday was a' the Mueller house on North dak vreet on March 21. Two alarms since then were 'in May 22 to the Sieges b-irn lit : 1 ed by lighning near Beaufort. a:id to Andy s Service Station onH'-h-way 50-66 at Villa Ridge' .lay 4 to October 4 was three mnth to the day without fire service needed.' It's an exceptional year for f re s.ifety," thief Murray commented. "1 want to compliment the rot dents of Union on a splendid record of fire safety this year.' he added. The firemen distributed I' re Prevention Week literature 1 the schools in the area and to Keying business places. Nino insurance agencies, uho cooperated in placing an advertisement which appears on l'--e 3-B, reminded Union people to ..se the week Jo put their house m order and if they burn tra-h to do it carefully. The insurance firms presenimfi the fire prevention mca;e are: Stieffermans buy new house in Crestview Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Stu man have bought their so house from Paul Kott;; through Hansen-Schroeder. tors, in three and a half yea As their family increased. Stieffermans needed more si The last purchased house bin Kottmeyer is in Crestview Division. Mr. Stiefferman i employee of Leo J. Peirick s !i r-, o:;d ver r, alinea. e. ! hv S :h-a:l Grading systems to be discussed by R-10 PTA The Parent-Teacher Assoei. of R-10 school will meet thi-day evening at the school au ! ium at 8 o'clock. Part of the program will ! panel discussion on the t "Grading Systems and Discipl ' Measures Taken In The Si I Mothers of Room 2 will sen freshmenfs. on , a .TV Si hroeder Insurance Agency, Maune Insurance' Agency, Mintrup Insurance Agency, Otto C. Young Insurance, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., Oley Burnett Agency. O. R. Duemler Insurance Agen cy. Ralph E. Sudholt Insurance, and Oreon Barklage Agency. neon Barklage Agency. Glencoe girl dies in crash at Stanton The ninth highway fatality of the. year in Franklin County occurred at the Stanton intersection Sunday afternoon at 1:30. Killed was Miss Mary Walka. 17, of Route 1, Gleneoe, in St. Louis County. Miss Walka was dead on arrival at St. Francis Hospital. Her bro ther, Louis K. Walka, 19, was the driver of a car that collided with an automobile operated by Ken L. Lincoln, 24, of St. Louis. . Injured severely in the accident was Walka s wife, uorotny, 18 years old. She suffered head injuries. Mrs. Walka is an expectant mother. Walka's own injuries were to the head and shoulder report the State Patrol officers who investigated the accident, A. J. Bos-chert and Harold D. Carter. The wife of the driver of the other car, Harrietta Faye Lincoln, 20, received lacerated knees in the crash. Walka's car was crossing the eastbound lanes of Highway 66 on his way into the village of Stanton on Highway W when Lincoln's car struck it on the side. Walka had just made a left turn from the westbound lane of US 66 and was moving into Stanton. Both autos were extensively damaged. Walka was driving a 1950 Chevrolet sedan 'and Lincoln's car was a 1956 Ford coach. The Walka car carried three passengers. Lincoln and his wife were the only riders in their car. Board approves Barnes as patrolman; may change mind The hottest question of the week in city government circles was whether or not Charles Barnes was hired as a deputy city marshal by the Union City Board Monday night. By a vote of 3 2, the Board approved his appointment by City Marshal Hadley Lewis. However, after the meeting City Clerk Bill Jones was told that one or more aldermen wished to rescind the motion or change their vote. He was instructed to hold up the official approval of the appointment and swearing in of the new patrolman until Mayor Albert Schulte returns this week end from .a briet trip to Minnesota. Barnes is a 36-year-old Union man who formerfy worked" for Fraser Shoe. Co. and Ford Motors. He was the man from a list of seven applicants chosen by Chief Lewis. The vote was 3-2 as Acting Board President H. B. Dickey did Four changes made in business area There are changes underway in the businesses in downtown Union. Union Realty Co., now preparing to occupy the building on East Main Street which was formerly The Style Shop, plans a grand opening late next week. The Family Shoe Store last Thursday began constructing a new front on its two-location frontage and tore down the existing awning. Western Auto Associate Store acquired a new owner in Thomas Cronin Monday, who succeeds Mel-vin Oberhaus. The move to the former Frick's Market location, two doors south on Oak Street, is underway. Dickey's Studio is now located in its nen building on East Locust Street. Stealing five cattle charged against Sullivan man A peace disturbance case that began July 26 with the sentencing of one brother was completed Saturday with a fine for the other brother. Other Magistrate Court news included a charge of stealing cattle against H. M. Harmon of Sullivan, an assault charge against Roy Stanley of Washington and the unusual cise of throwing a bottle from a moving vehicle. Herman Ray Gould, Gerald, paid a $5 fine and costs for peace disturbance Saturday. He and his brother, Ronald Gould, were charged with the offense on July 26 when both pleaded guilty. Konald at that time was fined $1 and costs. Herman's case was taken under advisement to August 2 and then continued to August 30, September 13 and to October 4. William Goodyear of Cicero, 111., paid a $15 fine Sunday for throwing a bottle from a moving vehicle. Harmon of Route 4. Sullivan, will have a preliminary hearing next Wednesday on the charge of stealing. He gave $5,000 bond for his appearance. The complaint was filed September 27 by Ida . Mae Caldwell? Harmon allegedly stole three white face cows, a steer calf and a heifer calf. He was arrested by Sheriff H. Bill Miller who with Trooper A. S. Whitmer and H. B. Dickey are among the 12 witnesses for the state. Staitley was charged with assault with intent to kill and his preliminary hearing set for this coming Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Filed Thursday, Stanley allegedly stabbed, cut. and wounded Vernon Barnes on September 26. The sheriff made the arrest. E&R leaders break ground for building Rev. John Stevesand, pastor; Rev. Albert B. Gaebe, pastor emeritus; Herbert Ahmann, president of the church; and Edward Bauche, chairman of the steering committee, took principal roles in the ground breaking ceremony for th new Zion E&R Church last Sunday morning. The pastor led the processional from the church and gave a salutation before the singing of "The Church's One Foundation." Scripture reading and prayer preceded remarks by the four men named above. The minister and the congregation, reading repsonsively, carried out the ground breaking ceremony. This was followed by the Lord's Prayer and the closing hymn, "Lead On, O King Eternal," and benediction by Rev. Gaebe. The ringing of the bells closed the cere mony. For the two final services in the Evangelical and Reformed building attendance was 436 people.Other participants in the program were Charles Young, a charter member; Mrs. E. A. Stieber-ger, Senior Guild president: Mrs. Edward Bauche, Jr., King's Daughters president; Henry Puchta. Brotherhood president; Walter Kohring, senior choir leader; Suzanne Johannaber. junior choir; Susan Berger, Junior League president; Carol Kohring, Youth Fellowship representative; Mrs. Helmuth Barlage, Sunday School superintendent; Carolyn Berger and Tommy Williams, children of the Sunday School, to represent the future. This Sunday at 10:30 the E&R church will use the Union grade school auditorium for its morning worship for the first time. Sunday-School classes will continue in the Educational Building on Washington Avenue. Hinson dies of injury Louis Clifford Hinson,31-year-old Union man who was injured in an apparent fal in the city jail on September 30, died Friday of that same head injury while a patient at St. John's Hospital in St. Louis. Hinson's funeral was conducted at the Gottenstroetter Chapel in Owensville Sunday afternoon at 2 with burial in the City Cemetery there. Rev. Virgil Waters officiated at the service. Born May 20, 1927, at Owensville. Mr. Hinson was the son of Clyde and Emma Miller Hinson. He was en airplane and engine mechanic and a licensed pilot. Hinson served in the Air Force from December 2, 1945, to June 5, 1946. He was a member of the St. flair CAP. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mil dred West Hinson; a daughter, Shelia Diana Hinson; his parents, and two brothers, Virgil Hinson of Union and Herbert Hinson of Rolla. Marshal Hadley Lewis discover ed Hinson's injury Wednesday morning when he went to take some food to him in the jail cell. The young man had been placed in the jail Tuesday night for the third time in a week on a charge of being drunk on the streets. He had been paroled on condition of his not drinking. The city police took Hinson to St. Francis Hospital in Washington Wednesday morning. Later he was transferred to St. John's where he died Friday. WCU elects William Lakebrink president The regular meeting of the Western Catholic Union was conducted Tuesday evening at the Immaculate Conception School cafeteria. In addition to making final plans for a card party on October 19, an election of officers was held. Those elected wore William Lake-brink, president; Sterling Giesing, vice-president; August Beckmann, financial secretary; Miss Lorraine Hoelscher, treasurer; Miss Mary Ann Pelster. recording secretary; Gilbert Ilellmaiin, marshal; and C. J. Arand, Miss Catherine Mc-Henry and Edwin Strubbcrg, trustees. Rev. James Gummersbach is the spiritual director. A social hour followed the meeting and refreshments were served by Mrs. George Pelster. Telephone manager to speak to 4-H leaders The guest speaker for the second annual Franklin County 4 II Leaders Recognition Banquet this Thursday night will be E. J. Ernest (right), general commercial manager for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. The banquet, sponsored by the Washington Chamber of Commerce, will be held at the St. Peter's E&R Church in Washington.Mr. Ernest will speak on "The Importance of Leadership in the World Today". He has worked with leaders in industry and civic organizations for 30 years. In his present job, he is in charge of the company's commercial department operations in Missouri and a section of Illinois with headquarters in St. Louis. Ernest began his telephone career as a student engineer at Dallas, Tex., in 1928, following his graduation from Southern Methodist University. He held a number of other jobs for the company in - " se .Vf:N kLj Dallas and Fort Worth and in 1947 became division manager for the company's West and North Texas area with headquarters in Ft. Worth. not cast his ballot. The mayor does not have a vote nor does the acting mayor except in tie votes. in another Board action, the aldermen decided that patrolmen must have uniforms of a type approved by the city and bought by the employee. The costs will be paid back at the rate of $10 a month. The uniforms must be bought within 30 days. Mayor Schulte sent word that the FHA officers would like to keep their place in the Memorial Auditorium and that the Bookmobile would also stay in its present place but would like the chance to rent any space at the Auditorium that might become available in the future. The FHA office, through Mr. Muencks, had asked for permission to erect a partition. This was granted and the rent was raised from $30 to $50 a month as if July 1 when a new lease would begin. The formal resignations of August F. Maune as waterworks superintendent and Lee Roy Krenning as deputy city marshal were accepted as of September 30. Mr. Maune succedeed his father at the waterworks on November 7, 1919, and will lack a month and a few days of putting in 39 years of service there. Krenning was shifted from the police department to his former job in the water depart-ruent at a starting salary of $265 a month. Stanley Hall asked that street lights be installed at the circle drives on the south end of GruWcr and Johnson Avenues. The Board approved the lights and will chock the location. The idea of a oneway street in front of the Union grade school was tabled until a definite plan is received from school officials. Delayed to the November 3rd meeting was a request to prohibit parking on both sides of McKinley Avenue between East Main and East Locust. The Board also talked about barring parking on the north side of McKinley between East Main and Cherry and on the north side ol Cherry Street Mat of McKinley.City Clerk Bill Jones reported briefly on the state Municipal League convention he attended in September. He told of information on the duties of city clerks and of financial report practices. The trip cost the city $42.81. By approving cash payment for the 30 new parking meters which have arrived the city saved S85.12. The town was allowed five per cent off for cash on the $1,702.50 Mil for meters. A July 2nd bill from Eli Muench, a $15 charge for opening a sewer at East State and Jeffersop Streets, was denied payment by the Board upon recommendation of the water department.The State Highway Commission wrote the clerk that it would make the necessary changes in the population figure for the "Union" signs on the four highway entrances to the city. Fewer results came from a letter to the Rock Island Raiiroad about Crossing protection a t Church and Washington Avemtes. The reply didn't answer the question. Not mentioning Church and Washington, the letter said the state was planning an underpass east of town. The Missouri Good Roads Convention was announced for Jefferson City on November 11. City Treasurer A. C. Schroeder and Attorney Frank Jenny collaborated" in buying $28,000 worth of U.S. treasury bonds for $25,508.17 for the city. They will bring in $1,000 a year and pay the total sum in 1969. Scoutmaster Martin Busch of Troop 442 "discussed with the Board the possibility of building a Boy Scout cabin on some city land near the lake on West State Street. A street oil ordinance was passed to authorize the oiling of these streets this fall: Hamilton, Brown, Linden, Hambro, Park, McKinley, the Bourbeuse Road, Reinhard Boulevard, Johns, Virginia, and Lindner Lane. The Board ordered 200 feet of the road from Highway 47 to the lagoon oiled. City Attortiey Jenny was instructed to prepare the necessary proceedings toward advancing Union to a third class city. Jenny was also asked to obtain deeds for five feet of land from Otto Stuckenschneider and ten feet of land from Ida Clark for a waterway on the south side of West Main Street. The city will tear out sidewalks on the south side of the Winkle-meyer and Ed Danz properties on Grant Street and construct a 2'i foot walk providing the owners will put in curb and gutter. An engineer from the Corps of Engineers office in St. Louis checked Flat Creek Tuesday morning with regard to preventing floods.

STATE HI87C3ICA! Z2:iZ7': CCLUi!3IA, k3. 12 Pages FRANK Ml COUMTY J kByil THE MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN FRANKLIN COUNTY Established in the year 1865 UNION. FRANKLIN COUNTY. MISSOURI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1958 10 XENTS VOLUME 92-No. 32 $1,345 stolen from St. Claii high school vault Sunday The fourth break-in and burglary in the county in nine days at the St. Clair High School brought $1.34588 illegally into the hands of some unknown thieves. The total represents $365 of the Folk Festival receipts, $777.28 advanced by students for the purchase of senior rings and for other expenses, and $203.60 of the student activity fund. Following the Folk Festival performance of Saturday night, 35 to 40 men of the Parent-Teacher Association went to the school building Sunday to clean it in preparation for classes on Monday. They discovered a section of the plate glass from the hall into the principal's office cut out and one haydit block of the wall to the vault knockad out. They also found empty jars and a cashbox containing 12 cents in the cast corridor of the building. Stolen were cash and checks. The principal, Francis M. Huss, had made sizeable deposits of Folk Festival receipts Friday and Saturday nights at the night depository of the Farmers and Merchants Bank. Huss notified the sheriff's office which sent Deputy Sheriff Van House to the scene. Sgt. G. II. Amos of the State Patrol also investigated the jobbery. Authorities believe that the burglars hid in the building after the show Saturday night. They aren't positive but they do know there are no signs of forced entry. The scattering of empty jars in the corridor probably meant that the thieves stopped there to count the money and divide it. Officers do not believe the same burglars were responsible for the R-10 School, Frirk's Market and Circle Bar break-ins which occurred between SeptemlxT 27 and October 1. 6 new homes begun in Sept. Danz starts trailer park Building permits for six new residences were issued in Union during September and on October 2, Thomas J. Dan received a permit to construct facilities for a trailer park on Flat Creek between Washington ami Christina. The six house and one garage construction permits in September made it one of the year's busiest months. Charted below are th permits for last month by dale. Sept. 9 Residence by John G. Freise in Hall Bros. Sub-Division. Frame. , Sept. 10 Frame residence by E. S. Palmer in Hall Bros.Sub-Division. Sept. 13 Brick, residence in Creslview Sub-Division by Urban Freise. Spt. 19 Frame residence by Clarence J. Wuellner in Clark's Sub-Division and frame house in Carmo Addition by Omer Freise. Sept. 22 Frame garage in Crowe's Addition by Nelson Field. Sept. 26-Fiamc residence in Creslview 'Sub-Division by Paul Kottmeyer. Work bgan last week on the Vailer'park facility. It will be ( frame and asphalt siding building for laundry. and toilet facilities. Two other building permits issued to date in October are for a frame garage in Cuno's Addition by James O. Case and a frame residence in Creslview byKotl-ineyer. Methodists set October 19 for Laymen's Day Laymen's Day will be observed on Sunday, October 19, at the Union Methodist Church. Men of the conirrei!ation will conduct all parts of the morning worship. Assisting will be men of the Cedar drove Methodist Church. Morning worship will begin at 10 45 a m. Pershing Muench promoted to major in reserves Pershing Muench of Washington has been promoted to the rank of major in the U.S. Army Reserve Corps. Major Muench, son of Mr. and Mrs Eli Muench of Unton, is commanding officer of the 454th AAA Battalion at St. Ixniis. , State considering road to Pea Ridge delegation told A group of Franklin County residents, conferring in Jefferson City with the chief engineer of the State Highway Commission, was told that engineers are already studying a new road from St. Clair to the Pea Ridge mining area and a bridge over the Mcramec River. Rex Whitton, the engineer, told the delegation that the state had looked at Highway K and its sub-par bridge and another road to1 the west. He expressed the idea of returning Highway K to county maintenance and making the more western road a state route and erecting a new bridge over the river. Ren Jackson of St. Clair headed the group going to Jefferson City Wednesday. Others there were A C. Schrocder and II P. Jennings of Union. Kdgar Warner of St Clair and two Washington men The engineer was given a petition with 1.600 names signed in favor of the new road to the mining area. Other towns which had asked for new highways to the Pea Ridge area were Sullivan and DeSoto, Whitton said. Pontiac is No. 3 to show new car No. 3 of the 1959 cars to make its appearance in Union is the Pontiac for which the official announcement day is Thursday, today.Pontiac features "wide-track wheels" on its new model. Other points for promotion are vista-lounge ' interiors and air-cooled true-contour brakes. There are two engines. Tempest 420 Vl and Tern pest 420E. The three series of Pontiacs are Bonneville, Star Chief and Catalina. Ponliaes arc at Danz Motor JThe new 1959 Chevrolet trucks also appeared this week at Quality Chevrolet Co. Yet to be shown in Union are Ford for '59 andChevrolet. (m-M Wt State 4-H honors come to local girls Two of the top three individuals in the food preservation judging contests at the State 4-H Contest Day in Columbia last Saturday were Franklin County 4-H girls. They were Carlene Minks (left) of the Indian Prairie Club who placed second and Shirley Metcalf (right), the high individual who also belongs to the Indian Prairie 4-H. Sharon Wendleton of Boonville (center) placed third- It's quite a distinction for one 4-H club to have the No. 1 and No. 2 entries in a state contest in one year. 0 SF'I 0 U Ground broken for Zion E&R new church building This was the scene at the ground breaking ceremony last iundav mornine for the new Zion E&R Church. Usinu the shnvpl is Rv John Stevesand, pastor. Standing at the left is Gilbert Kroeter, member of the church council and treasurer of the building fund. To the rear visible between the two men is Herbert Ahmann, president of the church. At the rear right are Mrs. Edward Bauche, Jr., president of the King's Daughters; Mrs. E- A. Stierbergi r. president of the Senior Guild; Carol Kohring. Youth Fellowship representative; and Walter Kohring, senior choir leader. Hidden from view are Rev. Albert Gaebe, former pastor; Edward Bauche, Jr., chairman of the steering committee; and Charles Young, a charter member of the church. (Dickey's Studio, Union) Scouts to deliver emergency books Bourbeuse District Hoy Scouts and leaders have made plans to distribute thousands, of copies of the new civil defense booklet, ;HandbtMik for Emergencies," this Saturday. The date. October 11. is the final day of Fire Prevention Week and also Civil Defense Day. All residents can expect Boy Scouts and Explorers to knock on their doors this Saturday to leave a copy of the valuable handbook. It will be a highlight of the BSA National Safety Good Turn project. 300 attend PTA dinner for faculty m The basket dinner and program to honor the school board members and faculty of Union School District IM1 Monday night at Memorial Auditorium was attended by over 300 people. It was the October meeting of the Union PTA. Entertainment by the high school mixed chorus, directed by Howard Meidbrink, followed the dinner. The membership chairman. Mrs. Harvey Strothinann, reported the total for the 1958-59 school term af 585 Winning school rooms in the competition were Mrs. Norma Sisson's. Mrs. Dorothy Barnard's and Mrs Onea Seaton's rooms who received S3 each. Individual winners who received SI each are listed below for 'he grades, kindergarten .through iixth: Ann Gerre Lakebrink. kindergarten; Denny Buchanan, first? Patricia Schuent ineyer. Linda Koelling and Sharon Strothmann. .eeond; Bobby Peters, third; Mar-uaret Dittman, fourth; Kenneth Kramme, fifth; and I'am Williams, sixth. Mrs. Clarence Kohring announced committees for the Talent Show-Fun Xight which will be given at the high school auditorium on Saturday. November 8. At the next regular meeting on Monday, November 3. at the grade school, American Education Week will be observed. An open house will follow the talk by the Bookmobile librarian, Haymon Trisdale. A film, "Carpet Under Every Classroom," will also be shown. The Weeks Weather Low of 27; high of 86 The temperature range foi the week not one day was from an unseasonable low of 27 on October 2 to a nice warm 86 degrees Monday. Only a trace of rain fell during the week. That was Tuesday morning. Day Lew High Prwcip. Wednesday 29 63 Thursday 27 67 Friday .'. 29.5 70 Saturday 34 73 Sunday .. 46 75 Monday 43.5 86 Tuesday 58 81 tr. First fire here since March as Prevention Week starts On the eve of Fire Prevention Week, observed in Union by the Union Volunteer Fire Department and nine insurance agencies, Union had three fire alarms. The fire call to the small resi dence of Ottoway Seay at 10:30 a.m. Satufday was the first fire in Union since March 21 and the first alarm for the Union firemen since July 4. The small bouse on south Linde was . completely destroyed. The cause of the blaze remains un known. A second alarm Saturday after noon proved a false one. Virgil tlolt was burning some dead grass on Highway 50 west of Union near Ihe railroad overpass. Someone else turned in a fire alarm but Mr. ilolt wanted to continue the f,re under control. The strong wind Sunday caused the burning waste paper at the city dump east of town to get nit of control. The three fire calls brought to 18 the number for Union firemen i this year, which is about one third-of the normal '"business" for t!u-volunteers, Chief Cyrus K Murray' said Wednesday. The last fin fu Union before Saturday was a' the Mueller house on North dak vreet on March 21. Two alarms since then were 'in May 22 to the Sieges b-irn lit : 1 ed by lighning near Beaufort. a:id to Andy s Service Station onH'-h-way 50-66 at Villa Ridge' .lay 4 to October 4 was three mnth to the day without fire service needed.' It's an exceptional year for f re s.ifety," thief Murray commented. "1 want to compliment the rot dents of Union on a splendid record of fire safety this year.' he added. The firemen distributed I' re Prevention Week literature 1 the schools in the area and to Keying business places. Nino insurance agencies, uho cooperated in placing an advertisement which appears on l'--e 3-B, reminded Union people to ..se the week Jo put their house m order and if they burn tra-h to do it carefully. The insurance firms presenimfi the fire prevention mca;e are: Stieffermans buy new house in Crestview Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Stu man have bought their so house from Paul Kott;; through Hansen-Schroeder. tors, in three and a half yea As their family increased. Stieffermans needed more si The last purchased house bin Kottmeyer is in Crestview Division. Mr. Stiefferman i employee of Leo J. Peirick s !i r-, o:;d ver r, alinea. e. ! hv S :h-a:l Grading systems to be discussed by R-10 PTA The Parent-Teacher Assoei. of R-10 school will meet thi-day evening at the school au ! ium at 8 o'clock. Part of the program will ! panel discussion on the t "Grading Systems and Discipl ' Measures Taken In The Si I Mothers of Room 2 will sen freshmenfs. on , a .TV Si hroeder Insurance Agency, Maune Insurance' Agency, Mintrup Insurance Agency, Otto C. Young Insurance, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., Oley Burnett Agency. O. R. Duemler Insurance Agen cy. Ralph E. Sudholt Insurance, and Oreon Barklage Agency. neon Barklage Agency. Glencoe girl dies in crash at Stanton The ninth highway fatality of the. year in Franklin County occurred at the Stanton intersection Sunday afternoon at 1:30. Killed was Miss Mary Walka. 17, of Route 1, Gleneoe, in St. Louis County. Miss Walka was dead on arrival at St. Francis Hospital. Her bro ther, Louis K. Walka, 19, was the driver of a car that collided with an automobile operated by Ken L. Lincoln, 24, of St. Louis. . Injured severely in the accident was Walka s wife, uorotny, 18 years old. She suffered head injuries. Mrs. Walka is an expectant mother. Walka's own injuries were to the head and shoulder report the State Patrol officers who investigated the accident, A. J. Bos-chert and Harold D. Carter. The wife of the driver of the other car, Harrietta Faye Lincoln, 20, received lacerated knees in the crash. Walka's car was crossing the eastbound lanes of Highway 66 on his way into the village of Stanton on Highway W when Lincoln's car struck it on the side. Walka had just made a left turn from the westbound lane of US 66 and was moving into Stanton. Both autos were extensively damaged. Walka was driving a 1950 Chevrolet sedan 'and Lincoln's car was a 1956 Ford coach. The Walka car carried three passengers. Lincoln and his wife were the only riders in their car. Board approves Barnes as patrolman; may change mind The hottest question of the week in city government circles was whether or not Charles Barnes was hired as a deputy city marshal by the Union City Board Monday night. By a vote of 3 2, the Board approved his appointment by City Marshal Hadley Lewis. However, after the meeting City Clerk Bill Jones was told that one or more aldermen wished to rescind the motion or change their vote. He was instructed to hold up the official approval of the appointment and swearing in of the new patrolman until Mayor Albert Schulte returns this week end from .a briet trip to Minnesota. Barnes is a 36-year-old Union man who formerfy worked" for Fraser Shoe. Co. and Ford Motors. He was the man from a list of seven applicants chosen by Chief Lewis. The vote was 3-2 as Acting Board President H. B. Dickey did Four changes made in business area There are changes underway in the businesses in downtown Union. Union Realty Co., now preparing to occupy the building on East Main Street which was formerly The Style Shop, plans a grand opening late next week. The Family Shoe Store last Thursday began constructing a new front on its two-location frontage and tore down the existing awning. Western Auto Associate Store acquired a new owner in Thomas Cronin Monday, who succeeds Mel-vin Oberhaus. The move to the former Frick's Market location, two doors south on Oak Street, is underway. Dickey's Studio is now located in its nen building on East Locust Street. Stealing five cattle charged against Sullivan man A peace disturbance case that began July 26 with the sentencing of one brother was completed Saturday with a fine for the other brother. Other Magistrate Court news included a charge of stealing cattle against H. M. Harmon of Sullivan, an assault charge against Roy Stanley of Washington and the unusual cise of throwing a bottle from a moving vehicle. Herman Ray Gould, Gerald, paid a $5 fine and costs for peace disturbance Saturday. He and his brother, Ronald Gould, were charged with the offense on July 26 when both pleaded guilty. Konald at that time was fined $1 and costs. Herman's case was taken under advisement to August 2 and then continued to August 30, September 13 and to October 4. William Goodyear of Cicero, 111., paid a $15 fine Sunday for throwing a bottle from a moving vehicle. Harmon of Route 4. Sullivan, will have a preliminary hearing next Wednesday on the charge of stealing. He gave $5,000 bond for his appearance. The complaint was filed September 27 by Ida . Mae Caldwell? Harmon allegedly stole three white face cows, a steer calf and a heifer calf. He was arrested by Sheriff H. Bill Miller who with Trooper A. S. Whitmer and H. B. Dickey are among the 12 witnesses for the state. Staitley was charged with assault with intent to kill and his preliminary hearing set for this coming Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Filed Thursday, Stanley allegedly stabbed, cut. and wounded Vernon Barnes on September 26. The sheriff made the arrest. E&R leaders break ground for building Rev. John Stevesand, pastor; Rev. Albert B. Gaebe, pastor emeritus; Herbert Ahmann, president of the church; and Edward Bauche, chairman of the steering committee, took principal roles in the ground breaking ceremony for th new Zion E&R Church last Sunday morning. The pastor led the processional from the church and gave a salutation before the singing of "The Church's One Foundation." Scripture reading and prayer preceded remarks by the four men named above. The minister and the congregation, reading repsonsively, carried out the ground breaking ceremony. This was followed by the Lord's Prayer and the closing hymn, "Lead On, O King Eternal," and benediction by Rev. Gaebe. The ringing of the bells closed the cere mony. For the two final services in the Evangelical and Reformed building attendance was 436 people.Other participants in the program were Charles Young, a charter member; Mrs. E. A. Stieber-ger, Senior Guild president: Mrs. Edward Bauche, Jr., King's Daughters president; Henry Puchta. Brotherhood president; Walter Kohring, senior choir leader; Suzanne Johannaber. junior choir; Susan Berger, Junior League president; Carol Kohring, Youth Fellowship representative; Mrs. Helmuth Barlage, Sunday School superintendent; Carolyn Berger and Tommy Williams, children of the Sunday School, to represent the future. This Sunday at 10:30 the E&R church will use the Union grade school auditorium for its morning worship for the first time. Sunday-School classes will continue in the Educational Building on Washington Avenue. Hinson dies of injury Louis Clifford Hinson,31-year-old Union man who was injured in an apparent fal in the city jail on September 30, died Friday of that same head injury while a patient at St. John's Hospital in St. Louis. Hinson's funeral was conducted at the Gottenstroetter Chapel in Owensville Sunday afternoon at 2 with burial in the City Cemetery there. Rev. Virgil Waters officiated at the service. Born May 20, 1927, at Owensville. Mr. Hinson was the son of Clyde and Emma Miller Hinson. He was en airplane and engine mechanic and a licensed pilot. Hinson served in the Air Force from December 2, 1945, to June 5, 1946. He was a member of the St. flair CAP. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mil dred West Hinson; a daughter, Shelia Diana Hinson; his parents, and two brothers, Virgil Hinson of Union and Herbert Hinson of Rolla. Marshal Hadley Lewis discover ed Hinson's injury Wednesday morning when he went to take some food to him in the jail cell. The young man had been placed in the jail Tuesday night for the third time in a week on a charge of being drunk on the streets. He had been paroled on condition of his not drinking. The city police took Hinson to St. Francis Hospital in Washington Wednesday morning. Later he was transferred to St. John's where he died Friday. WCU elects William Lakebrink president The regular meeting of the Western Catholic Union was conducted Tuesday evening at the Immaculate Conception School cafeteria. In addition to making final plans for a card party on October 19, an election of officers was held. Those elected wore William Lake-brink, president; Sterling Giesing, vice-president; August Beckmann, financial secretary; Miss Lorraine Hoelscher, treasurer; Miss Mary Ann Pelster. recording secretary; Gilbert Ilellmaiin, marshal; and C. J. Arand, Miss Catherine Mc-Henry and Edwin Strubbcrg, trustees. Rev. James Gummersbach is the spiritual director. A social hour followed the meeting and refreshments were served by Mrs. George Pelster. Telephone manager to speak to 4-H leaders The guest speaker for the second annual Franklin County 4 II Leaders Recognition Banquet this Thursday night will be E. J. Ernest (right), general commercial manager for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. The banquet, sponsored by the Washington Chamber of Commerce, will be held at the St. Peter's E&R Church in Washington.Mr. Ernest will speak on "The Importance of Leadership in the World Today". He has worked with leaders in industry and civic organizations for 30 years. In his present job, he is in charge of the company's commercial department operations in Missouri and a section of Illinois with headquarters in St. Louis. Ernest began his telephone career as a student engineer at Dallas, Tex., in 1928, following his graduation from Southern Methodist University. He held a number of other jobs for the company in - " se .Vf:N kLj Dallas and Fort Worth and in 1947 became division manager for the company's West and North Texas area with headquarters in Ft. Worth. not cast his ballot. The mayor does not have a vote nor does the acting mayor except in tie votes. in another Board action, the aldermen decided that patrolmen must have uniforms of a type approved by the city and bought by the employee. The costs will be paid back at the rate of $10 a month. The uniforms must be bought within 30 days. Mayor Schulte sent word that the FHA officers would like to keep their place in the Memorial Auditorium and that the Bookmobile would also stay in its present place but would like the chance to rent any space at the Auditorium that might become available in the future. The FHA office, through Mr. Muencks, had asked for permission to erect a partition. This was granted and the rent was raised from $30 to $50 a month as if July 1 when a new lease would begin. The formal resignations of August F. Maune as waterworks superintendent and Lee Roy Krenning as deputy city marshal were accepted as of September 30. Mr. Maune succedeed his father at the waterworks on November 7, 1919, and will lack a month and a few days of putting in 39 years of service there. Krenning was shifted from the police department to his former job in the water depart-ruent at a starting salary of $265 a month. Stanley Hall asked that street lights be installed at the circle drives on the south end of GruWcr and Johnson Avenues. The Board approved the lights and will chock the location. The idea of a oneway street in front of the Union grade school was tabled until a definite plan is received from school officials. Delayed to the November 3rd meeting was a request to prohibit parking on both sides of McKinley Avenue between East Main and East Locust. The Board also talked about barring parking on the north side of McKinley between East Main and Cherry and on the north side ol Cherry Street Mat of McKinley.City Clerk Bill Jones reported briefly on the state Municipal League convention he attended in September. He told of information on the duties of city clerks and of financial report practices. The trip cost the city $42.81. By approving cash payment for the 30 new parking meters which have arrived the city saved S85.12. The town was allowed five per cent off for cash on the $1,702.50 Mil for meters. A July 2nd bill from Eli Muench, a $15 charge for opening a sewer at East State and Jeffersop Streets, was denied payment by the Board upon recommendation of the water department.The State Highway Commission wrote the clerk that it would make the necessary changes in the population figure for the "Union" signs on the four highway entrances to the city. Fewer results came from a letter to the Rock Island Raiiroad about Crossing protection a t Church and Washington Avemtes. The reply didn't answer the question. Not mentioning Church and Washington, the letter said the state was planning an underpass east of town. The Missouri Good Roads Convention was announced for Jefferson City on November 11. City Treasurer A. C. Schroeder and Attorney Frank Jenny collaborated" in buying $28,000 worth of U.S. treasury bonds for $25,508.17 for the city. They will bring in $1,000 a year and pay the total sum in 1969. Scoutmaster Martin Busch of Troop 442 "discussed with the Board the possibility of building a Boy Scout cabin on some city land near the lake on West State Street. A street oil ordinance was passed to authorize the oiling of these streets this fall: Hamilton, Brown, Linden, Hambro, Park, McKinley, the Bourbeuse Road, Reinhard Boulevard, Johns, Virginia, and Lindner Lane. The Board ordered 200 feet of the road from Highway 47 to the lagoon oiled. City Attortiey Jenny was instructed to prepare the necessary proceedings toward advancing Union to a third class city. Jenny was also asked to obtain deeds for five feet of land from Otto Stuckenschneider and ten feet of land from Ida Clark for a waterway on the south side of West Main Street. The city will tear out sidewalks on the south side of the Winkle-meyer and Ed Danz properties on Grant Street and construct a 2'i foot walk providing the owners will put in curb and gutter. An engineer from the Corps of Engineers office in St. Louis checked Flat Creek Tuesday morning with regard to preventing floods.